The Burton store was built in 1924, when foundation stones laid by Barbara Jessie Burton and Stanley Howard Burton. The corner site was numbered 2-8 Friar Lane and 10-13 Beastmarket Hill in 1941, and was later renumbered nos. 2-4 and 11 respectively. In the 21st century, the building was numbered 2-6 Friar Lane and 11-13 Beastmarket Hill. The Burton and Dorothy Perkins store closed at some point between 2019 and 2021.
This is part of the Series: MBC01/04 Photographic slides of branches of Montague Burton, taken by His Honour Nicholas Philpot; within the Collection: MBC01 Photography of Montague Burton and other shops taken by His Honour Nicholas Philpot
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Philpot, Nicholas Anthony John
Early 20th Century Shop
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